Exhibit 23.2


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Resource Bankshares Corporation


     We consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of
Resource Bankshares Corporation of our report dated January 30, 2002, relating
to the consolidated balance sheets of Resource Bankshares Corporation and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders equity, and cash flows for each of the years
in the three year period ended December 31, 2001, and to the reference to us
under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.




                                                  /s/ Goodman & Company, L.L.P.



Norfolk, Virginia
December 6, 2002